collector

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who collects things
  2. noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
  3. noun a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collēctor, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”).

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